Manager - Commercial Finance

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The Role:

The Commercial Finance Manager supports the Global commercial team in developing financial models and pricing strategies that enable business growth. This role is ideal for and experienced manager with strong analytical skills and a collaborative mindset, looking to grow within a dynamic commercial finance environment.

This role reports to Senior Manager Commercial Finance

What you'll be doing:

• Develop and review commercial models for bids and proposals, incorporating pricing, operational inputs, legal terms, and negotiation strategies.
• Ensure commercial governance through structured bid and opportunity reviews.
• Identify and communicate commercial risks, proposing mitigation strategies.
• Conduct post-contract reviews to assess performance against initial models and support contract optimization.
• Maintain and enhance commercial data and benchmarks to improve modeling accuracy.
• Collaborate with legal and operations teams to ensure contracts reflect agreed commercial terms.
• Support pricing revisions and scope changes for existing clients to maximize financial contribution.
• Provide input for internal reporting on commercial negotiations and performance.
• Identify opportunities for process improvements and cost efficiencies across the business.

Client Focus:

• Provide support to sales teams during commercial negotiations by preparing and updating flexible pricing models in real time, ensuring alignment with client requirements and internal guidelines.
• Undertake post contract lifetime reviews on clients to analyze performance of contract against initial models to identify potential operational issues or potential changes in scope which may require further negotiation to help achieve contract optimization.

Cross-Functional Collaboration:

• Develop close relationships with sales and business heads to ensure commercial function is an integral part of all aspects of sales and operations.
• Work with finance team to ensure commercial models are developed with consideration of all financial and accounting aspects, and to ensure commercials for new wins are properly handed over to the relevant Finance Manager for forecasting and budgetary purposes.

Talent Development & Engagement:

• Understanding AMS people are a key market differentiator and is genuinely committed to the development of direct reports

Process Optimization and Change Management:

• Supports efforts to improve internal processes by identifying inefficiencies and suggesting enhancements that promote scalability. Assists in implementing changes with minimal disruption, contributing to improved team productivity and client outcomes.

Must have criteria:

• Degree in Finance, Accounting, or in a related field
• Advanced knowledge of Excel and reporting skills
• Analytical – able to translate business problems into meaningful analysis
• Excellent communication and presentation skills to convey financial information effectively to non-financial stakeholders.
• Ability to collaborate cross-functionally and influence decision-making
• A commercial mindset to identify and capitalize on business opportunities.

Nice to have criteria:

• Previous experience of financial modelling
• Experience of working alongside and offering support for sales function
• Understands commercial contracts, proficient in typical RPO/BPO commercial models and able to interpret key commercial clauses.

Why AMS?

At AMS, we recognise the value of different perspectives and experiences in prompting innovation, sparking creativity, and solving problems.

We come from every walk of life, and our culture is open and inclusive. Our people enjoy flexibility, autonomy, and being trusted to work their way. We offer you career opportunities in every direction you want to explore. It's our world but you can do it your way.

We offer:

• Full training and support
• High value and challenging work
• A vibrant, diverse, and collaborative culture
• Flexible working
• A competitive reward and benefits package*
• The opportunity to embark on a recruitment career with one of the world's leading recruitment companies

*Details may vary slightly depending on your location, local labour law, etc.

Our culture of inclusion and belonging.

We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, and all aspects of employment are based on merit, qualifications, and business needs. We do not discriminate based upon age, disability, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, or any other applicable legally protected characteristic.

If you require any accommodations or have any accessibility needs, please reach out via email or make a member of our Talent Acquisition team aware at any time.

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